praevehor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prae-vĕhor, ctus, 3, v. dep. n. and a.

I To ride , fly , or flow before , in front , or past (not in Cic. or Caes.): equites Romani praevecti, who had ridden before them , Liv. 9, 35: praevectus equo, Verg. A. 7, 166: praevectus ad Germanicum exercitum, Tac. H. 5, 16: dum missilia hostium praevehuntur, fly before them , id. ib. 4, 71.—

II Lit., to rush or flow past : Rhenus servat nomen, quā Germaniam praevehitur, flows by , Tac. A. 2, 6.—

B Trop., to flow forth : omnia haec mire placent, cum impetu quodam et flumine praevehuntur, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.

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